Six years ago, Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison- Madueke in surreptitious escape, left the shores of Nigeria in a manner that looks like it was a normal overseas travel.The conscience stricken Diezani ran away to escape justice in Nigeria over allegations that she looted the NNPC she superintended over during Jonathan’s administration.
Regrettably, the then Senator David Mark led 7th Senate was on the same page with the government of the day and whatever financial infractions noticed against Deziani was quickly covered up. Given statutory legal provisions, the National Assembly can investigate the NNPC via the following Senate Committees viz: Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources ; Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources ; Senate Committee on Gas Resources Senate Committee on Finance Senate Committee on Public Accounts which is usually headed by an opposition lawmakers to checkmate activities of possible compromise by the ruling party; and the Senate leadership through a resolution can set up an ad-hoc...
In as much as the anti-graft agency deserves commendation for uncovering the monumental fraud, one shouldn’t be oblivious of more ‘Diezanis’, who are in fact terrible, surly and mean, and daily milking the nation hollow while taking advantage of a weak system. It was also discovered that ministries, Departments and Agencies of government were substantially not remitting 1% Stamp Duty on all contract awards by the MDAs between 2014-2020.
The world over, it’s only in Nigeria that circulars of Permanent Secretaries who are administrative Heads of government agencies are superior to the nation’s grundnorm – the Constitution and the Acts of Parliament. We cannot continue to run government business as we used to do in this time when there are huge demands for government to fund needed infrastructure and other socio-economic programmes.”
Who is raising this dust? Where is Magu of EFCC Probe him first.
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